Match Reports

Middlesbrough 0 Brighton 2: Ulloa inspires Seagulls

Goals from Andrea Orlandi and David Lopez Moreno sealed another defeat for Boro (Stu Forster)

BRIGHTON cemented their place among the teams chasing a playoff spot with ease
against a woeful Middlesbrough whose alarming slump continues. This latest
reversal means they have now won just eight points from a possible 51. For a
team that was challenging for an automatic promotion spot at the turn of the
year it has all gone disastrously wrong as even a top six finish has now all
but vanished.

Not that the high-flying Seagulls will mind. Having sat back in the first half
against lacklustre opposition they then picked them off with two goals after
the interval. First, Andrea Orlandi swept home Dean Hammond’s cross on the
hour and then David Lopez Moreno was given the freedom of the Riverside to
chip the ball over a stranded Jason Steele in the Middlesbrough goal.

Gus Poyet, the delighted Brighton manager, who has seen his side draw 17 games
this season said: “This was a massive win and at the right time. We